Browse Archive
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Methane on Mars Offers Questions and Here's How to Get Answers
Michael Mumma asked the question: "Methane on Mars – Geology, Biology, Neither or Both?" on Tuesday at the Reid Center. Then he answered that there is no answer … yet.
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Giant Leaps Began With "Little Joe"
It was called "Little Joe," because it was like rolling a two on each of the dice in a craps game.
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Debate: Go to the Moon, but Then What?
Moon first, then Mars and perhaps elsewhere. All four scientists who spoke at the Moon-Mars Forum on Tuesday agreed on that much. It's what happens after NASA astronauts get to the moon that spawned a lively debate at the Virginia Air and Space Center in Hampton.
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Langley Delivers Once Again
With the first full-scale flight test of Orion's launch abort system fast approaching this year, Langley employees have been hard at work designing and fabricating hardware for this major milestone.
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World's Biggest Space Party Comes to Hampton Roads
The world’s biggest space party is coming to Hampton Roads. Partygoers will join 198 cities, in 51 countries, for Yuri’s Night, a celebration of space exploration, April 4, 2009, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Virginia Air & Space Center in downtown Hampton.
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NASA's Launch Abort System Hardware Drives Cross Country
If you're heading through America's Sunbelt this week, you might look out your car window to see driving alongside you a nearly 45-foot-long rocket assembly.
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NASA's Launch Abort System Hardware Drives Cross Country
If you're heading through America's Sunbelt this week, you might look out your car window to see driving alongside you a nearly 45-foot-long rocket assembly.
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Levine: Methane Finding Offers a Mission for a Mars Airplane
When NASA Goddard scientist Mike Mumma outlined research that indicated the presence of methane on Mars, Joel Levine at NASA Langley saw potential for a mission for ARES, the Mars airplane: go to the planet and prove it.
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Giving Thanks For a Safe Return from Thanksgiving in Space
Each year, Silver Snoopy awardees are recognized for their contributions to flight safety and mission success.
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Testing Orion in a World Class Facility
Langley's National Transonic Facility has been used for investigating models of the space shuttle, the blended-wing body aircraft, a C-17 cargo plane and even a submarine. Now it's being used for the Constellation Program’s Orion Launch Abort Vehicle.